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>This Guide is the one-stop resource for PostNuke, no matter what OS platform runs it. Examples are given for both Windows and *NIX systems whenever possible. 
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>For the purposes of this documentation, the following assumptions are made:
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>* You are running a Red Hat-compatible Linux distribution (other *NIX-type installations will work as well) (<A
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